Mečiar Surname

658,434th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 457 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Slovakia
Highest density in:
Slovakia

Mečiar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mečiar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Slovakia4221:12,6461,665
Czechia341:312,74939,315
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047

The alternate forms: Mećiar (1) are calculated separately.

Mečiar Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Mečiar Come From? nationality or country of origin

Mečiar is more commonly found in Slovakia than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant: Mećiar. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mečiar? popularity and diffusion

The last name Mečiar is the 658,434th most commonly held last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 15,946,490 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Mečiar live; 100 percent live in Eastern Europe and 100 percent live in West Slavic Europe.

It is most frequently used in Slovakia, where it is held by 422 people, or 1 in 12,646. In Slovakia it is mostly found in: Trenčín Region, where 86 percent live, Bratislava Region, where 5 percent live and Banská Bystrica Region, where 4 percent live. Without taking into account Slovakia this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Czechia, where 7 percent live and Turkey, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mećiar941/
Mesiar8365/
Mičiar835/
Messiar772/
Mesiarz771/
Meysiar771/
Mäsiar67329/
Misjar6751/
Mesiarová6739/
Meschiare6735/
Mesjar6733/
Misiar6731/
Misyar6726/
Mesyar6712/
Mičjar679/
Mišiar678/
Mesiarova673/
Misear671/
Mecjar671/
Mećiarová671/
Mičiarová671/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Mečiar
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